Lightning Is the Only Way

"How come the esteemed Lightning Guild deigns to visit our poor little Fire Guild," said a red-haired man with thick sarcasm dripping from his voice. He was cleaning his nails with his red sword while talking, clearly showing his disdain for the uninvited visitor.

"Don't be an ass, Flern!" said a woman with long silver hair, annoyed at the leader of the Fire Guild in Earth Town. She carried a long and thin spear on her back as she sat in front of him. She wore blackish-blue robes, clearly showing that she was from the Lightning Guild. "You already know why I am here."

Flern only smiled slyly as he continued to clean his nails. "You tried to hunt down a rogue disciple of yours and failed," he stated plainly. "And now you want to work together with us to hunt him down, yes? I did get that right, right Escura?" he asked rhetorically as he put down his sword and turned to her. "But what's in it for us?"

The woman, Escura, narrowed her eyes. "He has stolen everything from one of our Proxy-Guilds. If you manage to be of actual help, I'll give you half of it," she offered.

Flern laughed lightly. "Half the wealth of a Proxy-Guild? That could give us a lot of contribution points if we hand it over. That's an interesting offer. Are you actually able to make such a call, Escura? You are only the head of a town, after all."

Escura's expression didn't change. "I can make the call. Taking revenge for our Proxy-Guild is more important than the stolen wealth. So? Will you accept to cooperate or not?" she asked directly. They both sat a distance away from each other, clearly showing that they were not on friendly terms.

"Don't tell me you can't hunt a newly advanced disciple? You're in the sixth level of Magic Gathering, after all. Why would you need our help?" Flern still wasn't finished being a dick.

Escura showed immense patience by keeping up her neutral look. "He has a strong body and immense lightning resistance. I would definitely defeat him in a head-on fight, but I can't guarantee that he won't get away. I don't want to defeat him. I want to kill him!"

Flern laughed as he heard that and lifted his sword. He stood up and grinned at Escura. "The Fire Guild is always ready for a fight. If it also brings treasure, even better. When do we go?" he asked as he looked at her with battle-intent.

disciples fought him some hours ago. If we hurry, we can still catch up," she narrated as she took out two black leather

lightning's speed, but we have our own ways." Flern turned to the center of

at them with disdain. People from

crackled as every disciple released curved lightning bolts from their bodies, which hit the ground. Everyone was lifted off the floor for about half a meter, lightning continually hitting

other disciples from the Lightning Guild also shot away in a similar manner. Their feet were not touching the ground, as

maliciously. "Ready

keep his Energy reserves full for all eventualities. Gravis' next target was finding an Energy Beast since Gravis had not tested his strength properly ever since breaking into the Energy Gathering Realm.

interested in those since they were of no

as green wind pushed them forward. It carried a ten-meter-long high-grade demonic beast in its talons as it flew into one specific direction, which probably

want to test my strength, but hunting such a beast is not an easy task. Birds are already the fastest existing beasts, and this one also has the wind element, which

and prepared himself for a battle. "It's the only one I could find. So, might as well hunt it," he grumbled to himself, as he chased the bird. Gravis' body released curved lightning bolts all around, but in comparison to the disciples of the Lightning Guild, his body

the lightning bolts shot Gravis' body forward. The more

powerful than their bodies, so the physical body's addition to speed would not make much of a difference. They

other humans of the same rank. At this moment, Gravis' speed on legs and his speed on lightning was about the same. If he used both at the same time, his

legs always shot him forward with incredible speed every time he took a step. Gravis followed the bird, and if he

his speed, he could still only barely keep up with the casually flying Energy Beast. Just by seeing this, Gravis could imagine its terrifying speed if

to surround, and its crown shot through the clouds in the sky. Gravis could guess that this tree was special since its size dwarfed everything in the forest